Garment-supporting hook-pin



. E. c. HERRING. GARMENT SUPPORTING HOOK PIN.

APPLIO ATIONIILED FEB. 5. 1903.

PATBNTED JAN. 19, 1904. v

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PATENT OFFICE.

GARMENT-SUPPORTING HOOK-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,032, dated January 19, 1904.

Application filed February 5, 1903. Serial No. 1%,015. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARNEsT C. HERRING,

residing at Reno, in the county of Washoe and State of Nevada, have invented a new and Improved Garment-Supporting Hook-Pin, of which the following is a specification.

-My invention is in the nature of an improved construction of combined pin and hook formed of a single wire member and especially adapted for supporting garments and to serve as a substitute for the ordinary button, and it comprehends a novel construction of hook and pin of a single wire member peculiarly bent up to produce a pendent hook member and upper transverse flat bearing portion for sustaining the said end in a flatwise relation to the article supported and the garment from which the said article is hung, a pin member for securing the device, and a bracing portion for maintaining the'several parts of the device in their proper correlative condition under ordinary strain when in use.

Subordinately my invention consists in a hook-pin of a single-Wire strand having the peculiar arrangement and detail combination of parts hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view illustrating my invention as in use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the preferred form of my improved hook-pin. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section of the same, showing its application to the garments and taken practically on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 1

is a vertical section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail cross-section on the line 7 7 of Fig. 2.

In the preferred form my improved hook-pin consists of a single spring-wire member bent up ,to produce a flat body portion a, the lower end of which merges With an outwardly-proj ecting and upwardly-extending hook 6. The side legs or members a a" of the body (diverge from the hook end, and each member a at the upper end merges with a laterally-extended loop 0, the outer end 0 of which bends inwardly at right angles, as clearly shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 5, the reasons for which will presently appear, and one of the loops 0 combines with a supceiving eyes.

inner or pivotal portion of the pin member 0,

which is of sufficient length to extend across and coact with the loop members 0 c in the manner clearly understood fromthe drawings.

To firmly brace the two legs or members a a and hold them from spreading, a cross-piece d joins the said members at a point just below the neck of the two members 0.

By arranging the several parts of the hookpin, as shown and described, I provide a strong, durable, effective, and convenientlyoperated device.

The loops -0 0 provide sufficient lateral bearing-surface to hold the device flatwise on and between the garments to which it may be attached, and, furthermore, where it is desired to permanently attach the device the said loops form convenient attaching-thread-re- Again, by forming the loop at one side with the supplemental guide portion 0 the latter acts as a pin catch and guide, and by bending the extreme ends of the loops 0 inwardly at right angles the angle portions will serve two advantageous purposes first, as end bearings for pressing inwardly against the inner garments or body of the user whereby to aid in sustaining the device in a proper flat plane relatively to the garments to which it is secured and which it supports, and, secondly, to effectively hold back the inner garment adjacent to the pin-point and thereby not alone prevent the said point from penetrating the garment at the catch-loop portion of the device, but also prevent the pin from accidentally sticking the user. Another and important advantage in forming the several parts of the hook-pin, as stated, is that the same can be readily bent up into shape and the parts interjoined to produce a rigid, strong, and economical device of this kind. In the manufacture of the same one end of the wire is formed with an eye :0, and at a distance from said eye equal the length of the crossmember (Z it is formed with a second eye or loop at, and it is then bent up at right angles to produce the vertical brace or guide member 0 from whence it is bent to receive the pin-point-receiving and lateral loop 0. The free end of the wire is then bent at right angles to form the neck 0 of the loop 0, and it is passed through the eye as, the portion passing through the eye forming a leg or body member a at one side, which member merges with the hook portion 6, which is made by doubling the wire, as shown. From the hook I) the free end of the wire is bent up to produce the other leg or body member a, which passes through the loop 00, and at the point where it passes through the loop it is bent to produce the lateral loop 0 at that side and the spring-coil for the pin portion, which is the terminal of the said wire member.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A garment-holder, formed of a single piece of wire bent to shape, and comprising oppovs'opse sitely-disposed side members, a bent hook merged with the lower end of said side members, each of said side members having a laterally and outwardly projecting bent loop disposed in the plane of the two side members, said loops having their outer ends bent rearward at right angles to the body of the device, one of the said side members having a spring-coil adjacent its lateral loop, and a transversely-projecting pin portion, the other side member having a vertically-extended guide-loop disposed at right angles to its adjacent lateral loop, and including a vertical member extended over the inner endof the said adjacent loop, said extended portion being wound over the neck of the said extended loop, and extended transversely and connected with the opposite side member to form a brace for the two side members, for the purposes set forth.

EARNEST C. HERRING.

Witnesses:

ANNIE R. DRIVER, E. R. DODGE. 

